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Continental Free Trade: AFDB Says Central Africa Will Benefit Most - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 12, 2019
The African Development Bank AfDB said that Central Africa stood to benefit the most from the African Continental Free Trade Area AfCFTA.
AfDB’s Director of Research, Hanan Morsy said this at the inauguration of one of the bank’s flagship reports at the ongoing 54th Annual Meetings in Malabo.
She said that Central Africa’s real income could increase by seven per cent in the 2019 African Economic Outlook.
According to her, the current levels of growth are not enough to generate jobs for millions of unemployed Africans.
Morsy, however, said that regional integration could stimulate the growth needed to make an impact on unemployment.
A representative from Niger, Aichatou Kane said the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS was in the fast lane of integration and planned to have its own currency in 12 months.
Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania agreed that integration would help the continent remain relevant as a global economic player.


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Continental Tournaments: Enyimba, Remo Stars Anticipate Opponents As CAF Announces Draws Tuesday. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 24, 2023
The body announced that 54 clubs from 42 Member Associations will take part in this season’s CAF Champions League, while 52 clubs representing 41 Member Associations will compete in the CAF Confederation Cup.
Enyimba FC and Remo Stars, who were the Winners and Runners-up of the 2023 Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Super-Six playoffs, will represent Nigeria at the CAF Champions League.
FA Cup winners Bendel Insurance and Rivers United of Port Harcourt, who finished third in the playoffs, will play in the Confederation Cup.
The qualifying round for the Champions League is expected to take place between August 18 and 26, 2023.
The competition proper will run from 24 November 2023 to 26 May
2024.
The draw will take place at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, by 11
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Continuous Voter Registration: Yiaga Africa, UNDP To Mobilise 5,000 Youths - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 30, 2022
They also empowered the young voters to collect their Permanent Voters Cards PVCs, in order to vote in the forthcoming 2023 elections.
This is contained in a statement by Senior Communications Officer, Yiaga Africa and Communications Specialist UNDP Mark Amaza, in Abuja.
According to the statement, the young voters emerged through The Power-Of-18 Challenge, which invited applications from young people between the ages of 18 and 30 in 15 states.
The states include Adamawa, Benue, Enugu, FCT, Gombe, Imo, Kebbi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Sokoto and Yobe.

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Contraband: Army Destroys 9 Vehicles Loaded With Fish - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 16, 2019
An Operation Lafiya Dole command of the Nigeria Armyin Damaturu has destroyed nine vehicles loaded with smoked fish seized fromsmugglers.
The Sector’s Commander, Brigadier General IbrahimSallau who led the destruction of the smoked fish in Damaturu  said thatthe vehicles were intercepted at Bukarti in Yunusari Local Government Area ofYobe by troops of 159 Battalion Geidam, on October 4.
He also said the illegal fish smugglers brought thecontraband from Diffa in Niger Republic enroute Hadeja in Jigawa, concealed inbags of corn-shaft and loaded in nine vehicles.
He added that the command would make it a routine toarrest and destroy all items placed on ban found within its jurisdiction incompliance with the Federal Government directive against smuggling. He warnedgroups and individuals involved in the smuggling of items listed as contrabandto desist from such acts.

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Contraband: Customs Confiscate Smuggled Goods Valued At N226m - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 18, 2019
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’of Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna today, said it made 106 seizures in twomonths.
The Comptroller of the command,Mustafa Sarkin-Kebbi, who said this while briefing journalists, added  that the seizures were made between May and Junewithin Katsina axis alone.
He said the smuggled items with DutyPaid Value of about 207 million naira include 2,540 bags of 50kg foreign perboiled rice, 789 Jerrycans of 45 litter smuggled vegetable oil.
Other items seized were 570 cartonsof spaghetti and 150 bags of 50kg of smuggled sugar.
In another development, the CustomService Seme Border Area Command has intercepted 1,682 parcels of cannabissativa worth over 25, 290 million naira and concealed in a dead body and atruck.
The Customs Area Controller of theCommand, Comptroller Mohammed Garba, said at a press briefing at Seme todaythat the banned substance was smuggled into Nigeria through the border.

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Contraband: NDLEA Partners Port Users To Curb Influx Of Narcotics - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 19, 2019
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA  says it will continue to liaise with port users to halt the influx of contraband drugs and narcotics.
The Assistant Controller-General of NDLEA, Omolade Faboyede made the pledge during a working visit to the Association Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents in Lagos.
According to her, the port users are the foot-soldiers and the first-line recipient of imported and exported cargo documents with their aid in the area of volunteering information, the anti-drug crusade will be successful.
Faboyede expressed regret about the use of narcotics among the youths, saying that the agency was tightening all loopholes to clamp-down peddler with a view to prosecuting them.


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Contraband: SON Seizes Fake Electrical Materials In Ekiti - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 6, 2019
The StandardsOrganisation of Nigeria SON on Tuesday raided no fewer than 15 major electricalmaterials outlets in Ado Ekiti and seized fake items worth millions of naira.
The Director Generalof SON, Osita Aboloma, said the aim was to rid the society of fake electricalitems capable of endangering the lives of Nigerians.
Abolama, who wasrepresented by the Ekiti head of the agency, Ayeni Feyisayo, urged the outletsto adhere to standards by ensuring that the items were not only registered butalso certified by the regulatory body.
He said the exercisewould be a continuous one and warned the perpetrators to shun anything that wascapable of endangering the lives of the people through avoidable fireoutbreaks.
The exercise was backed by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.

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Contract Extension: Coach Rohr Gives NFF 2-Month Ultimatum, Supporters Club Hails Eagles - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 23, 2019
Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr hasthreatened to quit if the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF fails to extend hiscontract within two months.
Rohr’s current contract with theFederation will expire in June next year.
It was reported that Rohr had helddiscussions with the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, demandingthe extension of his contract by two to three years.
The Super Eagles are unbeaten sincethe conclusion of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, registering back-to-backimpressive draws against Ukraine and Brazil and have maximum points from theirfirst two group matches of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
In another development, the SuperEagles Supporters Club has applauded the team for winning their first twomatches in their qualification campaign for the 2021 African Nations Cup.
The Supporters Club NationalPresident Vincent Okumagba stated that the Eagles have demonstrated theirpreparedness to surmount all obstacles in ensuring that their qualification isa smooth seal without the usual last minute panic.

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Contract Terms: Senate Committee Cautions Football Fans Calling On Coach Rohr Sack - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 24, 2021
Senate Committee on Sports and Youth Development has warned sports fans, calling for Coach Gernot Rohr’s sack as Super Eagles to exercise some patience.
Chairman, of the committee Obinna Ogba, while speaking after defending the 2022 budget of the ministry before the Senate Committee on Appropriation, noted that sacking of a coach is not as easy as they think because it is a contract.
He recalled that many fans were not impressed by the Super Eagles performance against Cape Verde, which ended 1-1, hereafter calling for Rohr sack without further delay.
Ogba noted his sacking needs to be discussed because there was an agreement with the sports operators in football. He however refuted the insinuation that there are crises in sports.
The Senator, while commenting on the ministry’s budget, said it is inadequate, adding that something needs to be done about it. According to him, the five billion naira earmarked for the ministry cannot take the ministry anywhere.

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Contract : UBEC To Adopt Open Contracting Data Standards To Eradicate Corruption - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 17, 2019
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission,UBEC Hamid Bobboyi, has said that the commission would adopt the Open ContractData Standards to eradicate corruption in its contract system.
Bobboyi made the remarks in Kaduna on Monday at theopening of a two-day national dialogue on Open Contract Data Standards, organisedin collaboration with MacArthur Foundation.
Represented by UBEC’s Deputy Director, Partnership andTeacher Professional Development, Olumayowa Aleshi, Bobboyi said the dialoguewas part of measures to ensure accountability and eradicate corruption in contractprocessing.
He said that the collaboration with MacArthurFoundation tagged `On the Nigeria project’ was in actualisation of UBEC’spolicy of frugality and probity.
The executive secretary said the the commissioninvolved UBEC’s  heads of procurement, fiscal planning and financeunits  in the dialogue as a way of showing its importance.
He described the Open Contract Data Standards as aninternationally recognised system that could improve service delivery, reducewastage and tackle corruption.


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Contracts: Senator Handling 300 NDDC Projects, Says Interim Management - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 4, 2019
The Niger-Delta DevelopmentCommission, NDDC interim management committee says a serving Senator issingle-handedly handling about 300 contracts for the Commission.
The Commission’s Acting ExecutiveDirector of Projects, Cairo Ojougboh said 120 of the contracts have been fullypaid for. He, however, did not say if the contracts were executed and did notname the Senator.
Ojougboh added that the contractswere under investigation, while the commission owes contractors about threetrillion naira.
The Acting Director said the currentforensic audit would help uncover how the debt was accrued and those opposed tothe audit have something to hide, as they must have played a role incommission’s mismanagement.
Ojougboh accused the Senator ofsponsoring a campaign against the interim management, which he said wouldfunction for less than six months and hand over to the substantive board.

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Contradictory Orders: CJN To Quiz 7 Chief Judges Today - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 6, 2021
Although only six of them were initially summoned by the CJN over the issue, the summon has equally been extended to the Chief Judge of Delta State. Those to be grilled are the Chief Judges of Rivers, Cross River, Anambra, Imo, Jigawa, Kebbi and Delta states.
Director of Information, National Judicial Council, NJC Soji Oye who confirmed the development in a statement said Justice Mohammad has already ordered them to come with the records of proceedings in all the suits from which conflicting ex parte orders emanated.
It added that the action of the Chief Justice of Nigeria is to rearrange the anti-corruption efforts of his leadership and establish a new culture of accountability in the judicial system.
Justice Muhammad is also expected to meet with the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA over the matter.

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Controversial Easter Ad: APCON To Penalise Sterling Bank Over ‘Agege Bread’ Message - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 18, 2022
In celebration of Easter, Sterling Bank had posted an Easter ad on social
media platforms and also sent its customers via email.
The message contained a picture of a golden-brown bread divided into
two with the caption ‘Like Agege Bread, He Rose!”
Agege bread is a popular Nigerian bread known for its soft, stretchy and
chewy texture.
The post sparked public criticism from Nigerians who expressed their
outrage online.
Many chided the bank for diminishing the essence of Easter, while some
found the post funny.
Responding to the backlash, Sterling bank pulled down the post,
replacing it with another post in which it apologised to its customers.
But in its reaction on Monday, APCON threatened to take necessary
action to ensure that the bank is sanctioned for the exposure of such
offensive advertisement according to law.
The council also described the advertisement as distasteful, adding that it
was neither submitted nor approved for exposure by the Advertising
Standards Panel, the statutory body charged with the responsibility of
ensuring that advertisements conform with prevailing laws.
The council added that it will ensure that no religious belief or faith is
ridiculed or any blasphemous advertisement is exposed in any guise.


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Convention: PDP Governors Meet Today As Party Screens Aspirants - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 20, 2021
The meeting of the governors operating under the auspices of PDP Governors’ Forum would focus on the issues that arose after the NWC offices had been micro-zoned at various geo-political zones.
At present, aggrieved aspirants from South West, South East, and North East are preparing to slug it out at the convention for the positions of Deputy National Chairman, South, Deputy National Chairman, North, and National Secretary respectively after the failure of the processes of micro-zoning and consensus arrangements.
Meanwhile, the screening of aspirants for various national offices of the PDP holds today after the submission of duly completed forms ended yesterday.
The Chairman of the Electoral Sub-Committee and the 279-member National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State is expected to speak before the commencement of screening alongside the Chairman of Screening Committee, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN.
The Screening Appeals Committee led by Senator Ike Ekweremadu to consider appeals arising from the screening exercise, is scheduled to hold its meeting on Saturday, October 23, 2021.
Among the aspirants expected to appear before the committee include Iyorcha Ayu, National Chairman; Usman Sani Elkudan, National Youth Leader; Stella Effah-Attoe, National Woman Leader; Sam-Ben Nwosu, National Auditor; and Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary.

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Convocation: FG Directs Education Ministry To Hold National Summit On Research - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 18, 2019
The Federal Government has ordered the Ministry of Educationto organise a National Summit on research and development within the secondquarter of 2020.
President Muhammadu Buhari gave the directive at theconvocation ceremony of the Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike-Ikwo,Ebonyi State.
Buhari, who was represented by the Executive Secretary ofthe National Universities Commission, Abubakar Rasheed, said the Summit wouldenhance research and development in the country.
He added that the Summit should draw participants from theacademia, industry and top government functionaries. He also congratulated theinstitution for a successful convocation ceremony and urged it to savour thesense of achievements and fulfillment that the event brought to the entireuniversity community.
On his part, the university’s Vice Chancellor, ChinedumNwajiuba said the institution was celebrating the first set of post graduate studies graduands from the school.
He added that five persons obtained Master of Science,M. Scdegree, while 13 persons earned the Post-Graduate Diploma.

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Cook-a-Thon: Why We’Ve Not Confirmed Hilda Baci’s Success – Guinness World Records. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 16, 2023
The acknowledgement was made in response to an inquiry by one Alexander, in the early hours of today, seeking to know why Baci’s success was yet to be acknowledged by the Guinness World Records.
In response to the inquiry, the Guinness Book of Records wrote on their official Twitter handle; “We’re aware of this amazing record attempt, we need to review all the evidence first before officially confirming a record.”
However, the current record for the world’s longest cooking marathon is held by Lata Tondon, who completed the task in 87 hours, 45 minutes, and 00 seconds in Rewa, India, in 2019.


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Cooking Gas: Federal Government Begins Shutdown Of Illegal Plants, Roadside LPG Retailers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2019
TheFederal Government has begun clampdown on illegal gas plants and roadsideretailers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, known as cooking gas.
DPR’sOperations Controller, Port Harcourt Zone, Bassey Nkanga, made this known onthe sideline of the department’s ongoing surveillance on gas plants in PortHarcourt, Rivers state.
Governmenthad in May stopped customers’ ownership of cylinders as well as barred therefilling of gas cylinders by the roadsides and other unauthorized places.
Thepolicy, the government said, would require that the ownership of LPG cylindersrest solely with the dealers and distributors.
Accordingto Nkanga, the department had held several meetings with operators of gasplants and LPG retailers to introduce them to standard minimum requirementsacceptable in the industry.
Heexplained that government was also clamping down on operators of illegal gasplants; those operating without valid licence and others operating withinresidential areas.
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Cooking GAS: Federal Government To Begin Nationwide Sensitisation On Adoption, Expansion - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 19, 2022
Special Assistant to the Vice President on Liquified Petroleum Gas, Dayo Adeshina, who made this known in Bauchi state, explained that the objective of the exercise was to increase and expand access to adoption of cooking gas among Nigerians. He added that the government had since begin the programme in some of the 12 pilot states, whioch include Bauchi, Lagos, Ebonyi, Gombe, Katsina, Sokoto and Enugu. Others are Bayelsa, Delta, FCT Abuja, Ogun and Niger states.
Adeshina said the first phase of the exercise was expected to begin in twelve out of the 36  states of the federation, saying we want achieve full compliance to adoption of the commodity.
According to Presidential Aide, all the 36 states were expected to be covered within three years at the ratio of twelve states per year, and that investors and marketers will engage for effective implementation.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government last year pledged to inject five to 10 million gas cylinders into the market in the next one year.

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Cooking Gas: NLNG, NMDPRA Partner To Enhance Domestic Supply - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 26, 2022
Chief Executive Officer of the agency Farouk Ahmed gave assurance that when he received the management of the NLNG on a courtesy visit to his office.  He also applauded the NLNG for its focus on prioritizing domestic supply which has had a significant impact on deepening gas consumption in the country.
Ahmed reiterated the Federal Government’s goal of deepening LPG/CNG especially for Auto-gas as an alternative to fuel to cushion the effect in a situation of upward spike in oil prices.
Meanwhile, the Managing Director, NLNG, Philip Mshelbila said the company would continue to prioritise the growing domestic cooking gas market and increase utilisation by supplying 100 per cent, it’s Propane and  Butane production. He added that the ongoing plans of the NLNG to commence operation for the Nigerian domestic LNG market this year, in line with the government’s plans to boost local consumption.

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Cooking Gas: NLNG Suspends Export, Approves 100% Domestic Supply - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2022
In a statement by the Director Press Sagir El Mohommed, the Minister
noted that such a bold initiative was a welcome development and a step
in the right direction that will not only bring down the price of the
commodity but also bring relief to forests and the ecosystems.
She advised that NLNG should be commended for its sensitivity and
responsiveness to the plight of Nigerians.
Ikeazor recalled that shortly after the increase in the prices of cooking
gas in the country, millions of Nigerians could no longer afford the
commodity and consequently resorted to firewood and charcoal as
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Cooking Gas:  Osinbajo Says 13 Million Households To Embrace Usage In Five Years - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 9, 2019
Vice PresidentYemiOsinbajo says the Federal Government is working to ensure that 13 millionhouseholds embrace cooking gas in the next five years.
He stated this whilecommissioning a Liquified Petroleum Gas LPG Cylinder Manufacturing Plant inLekki area of Lagos State.
Osinbajo alsoreiterated the current administration’s commitment to creating jobs forNigerians.
According to him, theLPG sub-sector of the nation’s economy has the potential of providing 2 millionjobs.
Osinbajo who alsoheads the National Economic Council NEC said the Federal Government hasdemonstrated its commitment by establishing an Inter-Ministerial Committee anda multi-stakeholder national coordinating body; the National LPG ExpansionProgramme.
The Vice Presidentnoted that progress had been made in LPG adoption with the removal of fivepercent VAT from the domestic pricing of the commodity to discourageimportation.


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Cooking Gas: Osinbajo Says 13 Million Households To Embrace Usage In Five Years - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 9, 2019
Vice PresidentYemiOsinbajo says the Federal Government is working to ensure that 13 millionhouseholds embrace cooking gas in the next five years.
He stated this whilecommissioning a Liquified Petroleum Gas LPG Cylinder Manufacturing Plant inLekki area of Lagos State.
Osinbajo alsoreiterated the current administration’s commitment to creating jobs forNigerians.
According to him, theLPG sub-sector of the nation’s economy has the potential of providing 2 millionjobs.
Osinbajo who alsoheads the National Economic Council NEC said the Federal Government hasdemonstrated its commitment by establishing an Inter-Ministerial Committee anda multi-stakeholder national coordinating body; the National LPG ExpansionProgramme.
The Vice Presidentnoted that progress had been made in LPG adoption with the removal of fivepercent VAT from the domestic pricing of the commodity to discourageimportation.


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Cooking Gas Price Drops, Supply Rises, Govt Projects Further Decrease - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2022
Findings have showed that the price of 12.5kilograms of gas has dropped
from 8,800 naira to between 8,400 and 8,200 naira and that in some
outlets, the price dropped to between 7,800 and 8,000 naira as of
Thursday. It would be recalled that in November 2021, the cost of the
cooking gas kept rising, jumping by over 240 per cent between January
and October 2021.
The development forced some LPG users to shift to charcoal or firewood,
as consumers of the commodity raised the alarm over the persistent hike in
its price.
It was also reported that the product had increased by 240 per cent for
12.5kilograms, moving up from 3,000 to 10,200 naira within the first 10
months of 2021.
However, the Programme Manager, National LPG Expansion
Implementation Plan, Office of the Vice President, Dayo Adeshina said it
is in government’s interest for the price to drop steadily and that there are
certain initiatives that are being taken at the moment, which hopefully will
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Cooperative Group To Assist Nigerian Farmers Produces 125m Birds Annually - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 14, 2022
National President of the association Aliyu Waziri, announced this in an interactive session with the beneficiaries in Bauchi state and inauguration of new officials of the group in the state. He also explained that the empowerment was to create job opportunities within the poultry business value chain in a move to ensure food security and economic development.
Waziri noted that the association has 5 major projects strategically designed to create job opportunities in the agricultural sector thereby alleviating poverty, reducing rural-urban migration and ensuring sustainable economic growth and development of Nigeria.
In their separate remarks, the Commissioners of Cooperatives and that of Agriculture, Sa’adatu Bello Kirfi, and Jidauna Mbami, assured that the state government would give the necessary support for the success of the project in the state.
Also, in her remarks, the Bauchi state coordinator of the society, Fatima Gidado said the women nurturing birds for wealth empowerment in the state is to engage the beneficiaries in poultry business to minimize the level of poverty especially in rural areas.

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Cop-15 Summit: President Buhari Returns To Abuja After Abidjan Meeting - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 10, 2022
The President departed the country on Sunday, May 8, to participate in COP-15, a United Nations organised a conference on the future of the land, regarding desertification, drought, degradation, rights, restoration, and implications for national and world economies.
At the event, President Buhari delivered updates on Nigeria’s environmental efforts to the Summit, with the theme ‘Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity.
President Buhari, who is also the President of the Great Green Wall in Africa, was accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi; Minister of Agriculture, Doctor Mahmoud Mohammed and Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu among others.


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Cop15: Nigeria To Increase Forest Cover To 25% As 6m Hectares Forested – President Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 10, 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria has successfully forested over 6.19 million hectares of land through the green bond project.
Buhari’s Media Aide Garba Shehu in a statement in Abuja stated that the President was speaking at the Summit of Heads of State and Government 15 Conference of the Parties, Cop15 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
He also added that the country is aiming to increase the nation’s forest cover to 25 per cent in line with global best practices.
Buhari however noted that the 25 percent target was in fulfilment of a pledge at the 74 Session of the United Nations General assembly in September, 2019 of planting 25million trees toward achieving restoration of degraded forest reserves and other landscapes nationwide.
The Nigerian leader also emphasised that his administration, in partnership with the World Bank, expended enormous resources to establish Agricultural Development Programmes in all the 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.


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Cop26: Climate Summit In Final Stretch With 1.5C Goal At Risk - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 12, 2021
It waters down language on phasing out coal and fossil fuels but
strengthens calls for nations to toughen climate targets next year
The summit is seen as a key moment in efforts to limit temperature rises
and avoid the worst impacts of global warming.
The UK, which is hosting the summit, wants an agreement that will put
the world on track to keep warming under 1.5C by 2100.
But the latest proposals still won’t get us there, experts say
Disputes over money are front and centre of discussions, with
developing nations calling for the rich world to bear the costs of climate
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COP26 Conference: Minister Assures Nigeria’s Its’ Readiness - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 12, 2021
The Minister of State for Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba, has assured Nigerians of the country’s readiness to participate in the forthcoming COP26 United Nations UN conference on climate change.
Jedy-Agba said this at the Nigeria Energy Forum NEF 2021 virtual conference with the theme: “Powering a Sustainable Industrial Revolution.”
2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is scheduled to hold in the city of Glasgow, Scotland from October 13 to November 12.
Jedy-Agba said that over 25 million Nigerians who were facing energy challenges had resulted to using solar home systems and mini-grids.
The minister said that Nigeria would seek to align its position along an energy transition that was equitable, inclusive and just.
He reiterated that “a just energy transition for Nigeria will feature both clean energy technologies and natural gas, with the aim of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.”


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Cop27: Buhari Calls For Urgent Climate Actions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 8, 2022
President Buhari who was represented by Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi made the call in Sharm el-Sheikh on the sidelines of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
He called for more accelerated actions from developed countries who contribute most of the emissions affecting Africa’s climate.
The President said Nigeria and other African countries were committed to tackling the climate change crises.
President Buhari is represented by the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi at the Conference in Egypt.
The minister is expected to deliver Nigeria’s National Statement at plenary, attend bilateral and side meetings on Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan, amongst other engagements.

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Corona virus: FG Set to Expand National Reference Laboratory at NCDC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 22, 2021
Osinbajo made the disclosure in Abuja, when he visited the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Gaduwa, to access the facilities on ground.
He charged workers of the Centre and other health workers in the country not to relent in their effort in ensuring the health security of Nigerians.

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Corona Virus: Health Minister Says Nigeria Acquires Reagents For Detection Of Disease - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 13, 2020
TheFederal Executive Council, FEC says Nigeria has obtained reagents needed fortesting and detection of Corona virus.
Coronavirus, found in Wahum, China has spread to the US, Thailand, Japan, SouthKorea, Canada, Philippines among others, is a new strain of virus that has notbeen previously identified in humans.
TheMinister of Health Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this to State House correspondentsafter FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at thePresidential Villa, Abuja.
Onwhy the virus had not been reported in Africa, he said that for a disease toenter a place, somebody or something must carry it. He  added that aperson could bring a disease while an animal might carry it as in the case ofmosquitoes for malaria and rats for Lassa fever.
Ministersaid that he updated the council on the state of preparedness for the trendingproblem of Corona virus and also the endemic Lassa fever in Nigeria, addingthat the frontline is the port health services while the second line of defencewas the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control.

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Corona-virus: New Cases In Algeria And Senegal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 5, 2020
The number of confirmed coronaviruscases in Algeria has jumped to 17 after nine new cases were registeredyesterday night, meanwhile Senegal recorded two more cases involving travellersfrom Europe.
Algeria’s health ministry said ninenew cases were registered in a family living in the northern Blida district,some 30Kilomenters from the capital, Algiers.
The family had last month hostedrelations from France who were tested positive for coronavirus after flyingback to France.
Senegal’s Health Ministry said twonew infections were confirmed on Wednesday, bringing to four the number ofpatients in the West African country.
One of the patients has beenidentified as a 33-year-old British woman who arrived in the capital city,Dakar, on 24 February on a flight from London. It is not clear whether she is aresident of Senegal. The new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases onthe African continent to 26.


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Coronavirus: CAF Postpones AFCON 2021 Qualifiers, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 14, 2020
The Confederation of AfricanFootball, CAF has postponed all the AFCON 2021 qualifiers for match days 3 and4 due to growing concerns of the COVID-19 virus.
CAF after an emergency committeemeeting, said the decision followed the latest declaration of the World HealthOrganisation, WHO describing the coronavirus as a pandemic.
According to the continentalfootball ruling body, the match days 3 and 4 AFCON 2021 qualifiers initiallyscheduled from March 25 to 31, including thedouble-header between Nigeria and Sierra Leone, have been postponedindefinitely.
Also postponed is the FIFA WomenUnder-20 World Cup qualifiers initially scheduled to hold from March 20-22 aswell as the Total Women AFCON 2020 qualifiers initially scheduled to hold fromApril 8 to 14.
CAF said it will announce new datesfor the matches in due time


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Coronavirus: Center Says 23 Suspected Cases Identified In 5 States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 9, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC says  about 23 suspected cases of Corona virus, COVID-19 have been identified in Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Kano states and Abuja out of which one was confirmed positive “index case” with no death.
TheCentre’s Director General Chikwe Ihekweazu announced this while speaking inAbuja, adding that as at March 7, there was no new confirmed case of COVID-19in the country.
Thisis the eighth national situation report, following the confirmation of thefirst case of COVID-19 disease in the country on February 27th.
Ihekweazu said a total of 219 contacts were identified, including contacts from hotel, workplace and healthcare workers, stressing that there is no new contacts that have been reported in Lagos and Ogun states.
He said the confirmed case is clinically stable at the designated treatment facility for COVID-19 at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Lagos.


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Coronavirus: Centre Steps-Up Measures To Prevent Importation Of Virus – DG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 4, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDChas put in place quick and diverse tactics to prevent importation of novelcoronavirus cases into the country.
The Centre’s Director-General, ChikweIhekweazu said the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja, had the capacityto test for the novel coronavirus.
He added that the multi-sectoral CoronavirusPreparedness Group had continued to carry out regular epidemicintelligence-gathering, enhanced surveillance at the points of entry, intensiverisk-communications and strengthening laboratory capacity for testing.
According to Ihekweazu, other measuresinclude placing the National First Rapid Response Team to highly pathogenicinfections on alert, and scaling-up of Public Health Emergency OperationCentres in States, among others. He said the Emergency Operation Centres hadalready established in twenty two states.
He explained that the CoronavirusPreparedness Group had representatives from Federal Ministry of Health, Officeof the National Security Adviser, World Health Organisation, WHO, U.S. Centrefor Disease Control, Pro-Health International and Public Health England.

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Coronavirus: Countries Shut Borders Over New South Africa Variant - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 26, 2021
The UK, Singapore and Japan are among those rushing in stricter quarantine measures and banning flights from South Africa and neighbouring countries.
The EU is proposing to ban flights from the region across the whole bloc.
Scientists still have much to learn about the variant, but there are concerns it may be the worst yet.
It is still so new to scientists, they are yet to give it a more memorable name, like Delta or Beta. Right now, it is known as B.1.1.529, but the World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to name it on Friday.
It is very different to the other variants discovered so far, and is the most heavily mutated version, which means vaccines, which were designed using the original strain from Wuhan, may not be as effective.

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Coronavirus Crisis: Sudan To Impose Full Lockdown In Khartoum - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 14, 2020
Sudan’s authorities say Khartoumwill from Saturday go on a three-week lockdown to curb the spread ofcoronavirus.
Government spokesman Faisal Salihsaid the lockdown would also cover Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum.
The country over the weekendreported 10 new cases of coronavirus bringing the total to 29 including fourdeaths. During the three-week lockdown, grocery stores and pharmacies will beopened for a limited time that the government is yet to specify.
Employees will be granted paid leavefor the three weeks except those offering essential services.
The government plans to announce howpoor families will be supported during the full lockdown.
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Coronavirus: DR Congo Ends Virus Health Emergency, Borders To Reopen - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 22, 2020
The vast country of more than 80 million people has recorded 8,534 infections including 196 deaths since March 10.
Tshisekedi said the figures place the Democratic Republic of Congo as ninth worst-hit country in Africa in terms of the number of cases and 12th in terms of deaths, “putting paid to all catastrophic forecasts for our country at the start of the epidemic.”
Tshisekedi’s government proclaimed a health emergency on March 24 in which borders were closed, as well as schools, bars and restaurants.
In a televised speech late on Tuesday, the president announced an end to the emergency.
He said that from Wednesday all shops, banks, restaurants and bars would be allowed to reopen, public transport can resume and large gatherings are permitted.
Schools and universities can reopen on August 3, and airports, ports, borders and places of worship on August 15.


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Coronavirus: Eight Super Eagles Players Under Watch In Spain, Uk - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 13, 2020
About eight members of the SuperEagles are presently being confined to protective custody in Spain and England,in a precautionary measure against the pandemic Coronavirus, with some sportingevents either suspended or cancelled.
The Spanish Laliga had beensuspended for two weeks and seven Nigeria internationals are affected by themeasure, to avoid physical contact with possible carriers of the virus.
Kenneth Omeruo, Chidozie Awaziem,Samuel Chukwueze, Ramon Azeez and Peter Etebo will all sit out the next twoLaLiga fixtures, while in England, three players; Wilfred Ndidi and KelechiIheanacho of Leicester City and Everton’s Alex Iwobi, have also been placedunder watch alongside their teammates.
More than 120,000 people have beeninfected with the virus with over 4,000 deaths already recorded. The fall-outof the coronavirus has affected sporting events with a couple of matches playedbehind closed doors across Europe.


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Coronavirus: Experts Warn Nigeria, Eight Others Vulnerable To Outbreak - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 17, 2020
Some researchers, in a study published in Nature, said they are worried about Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Angola, Tanzania, Ghana and Kenya because of weak healthcare systems, low economic status and unstable political situation which make them highly vulnerable.
The World Health Organisation, WHO Director General, TedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus had said the agency’s decision to declare the outbreak aglobal health emergency, was mainly based on concerns that the epidemic couldspread in nations with fragile healthcare platforms.
The researchers are also concerned about the diseasespreading among people in Africa.
An epidemiologist and a co-author of the Harvard team’smodel, Marc Lipsitch said Africa was not as exposed to the ailment as thosenations in South East Asia due to direct international flights from Wuhan.
Vittoria Colizza, who models infectious diseases at thePierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and a co-author of the Africa study,however, said Egypt, Algeria and South Africa have the capacity to respondeffectively to an outbreak.
A spokesperson for global agency in Geneva, Switzerland,Tarik Jašarevic said the organisation is working with the affected countries torapidly detect any potential cases, adding that the nations in question alsoneeded to increase their preparedness.

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Coronavirus: FG Assures Will Strengthen Surveillance At 5 International Airports - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 29, 2020
Federal Government has assured Nigerians of its readiness to strengthening surveillance at five international airports in the country to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, whodisclosed this at a news conference in Abuja, said government would also set upinter-multisectoral committee to scale up surveillance and vigilance.
According to the minister, the committee will helpto scale up surveillance to detect suspicious cases and ensure containment.
The minister said that in addition, the NigeriaCentre for Disease Control NCDC had set up coronavirus group and was ready toactivate its incident system for coronavirus if any case emerged in Nigeria.
He added that NCDC is currently receiving WorldHealth Organisation WHO advisory to countries and agencies on surveillance andresponse.
Ehanire, therefore, urged airlines to comply withprotocol on any passenger who took ill or looked ill on board to be reported byauthorities.
In her remarks, the Director of Port Health Servicesin the ministry, Morenike Alex-Okoh, said the ministry would further work withstate governments for containment.2M CHILDREN

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Coronavirus: FG, LASG Assure Victim Stable, On Trace Of Contacts - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 28, 2020
As coronavirus berths in Nigeria, the Federal and Lagos State Governments have assured that the victim, an Italian is in a stable condition and is being treated and monitored in a facility in Lagos.
The Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire and Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Sanwo-Olu gave these assurances in Abuja and Lagos respectively while briefing the media.
Ehanire said the ministryhas been in contact with the airlines which the victim travelled into thecountry, tracing of all those who had contact with him to quarantine them forpossible infection and ensure their status.
Sanwo-olu on his part said the patient is in isolation at a facility in the state where he is being attended to by professionals.
Read This: Lassa Fever: Disease Outbreak Kills Two, Infects Ten In Five States
The governor assuredthat the patient is in stable condition and said no need for Nigerians to panicbut sustain hygiene.
Sanwo-Olu said theGovernment under his leadership through the state ministry of health, hasbeen strengthening measures to ensure that any outbreak in Lagos is quicklycontrolled and contained in collaboration with the multi-sectoral CoronavirusPreparedness Group, led by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

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Coronavirus: FG To Cut 2020 Budget As Buhari Raises C’ttee - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 10, 2020
The Federal Government says there is possibility of reducing the 10.6 trillion naira 2020 budget following the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the global crude oil price.
The oil yardstick, which was 51dollars per barrel early last week, has lately fallen to 31 dollars due to theoutbreak of coronavirus in some countries across the world.
The Minister of Finance, Budget andNational Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who briefed told State House correspondentafter a meeting said President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a five-mancommittee to tackle the issue.
Zainab added that apart from her,other members of the committee were Minister of State, Budget and NationalPlanning, Clement Agba; the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, TimipreSylva; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and theGroup Managing Director, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, MeleKyari.
The Minister said the committeewould either brief Buhari soon, stressing that the crude oil benchmark price at57 dollar per barrel will be revisited by lowering the price.


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COVID-19: NCDC Explains Why FG Cannot Reopen Schools Now - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 29, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says with the onset of the rainy season which comes along with an increase in flu-like diseases, children are at the risk of contracting and spreading coronavirus if schools are reopened now.
It explained that with the nation’s weak health system as well as the very low risk perception of the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening schools now would further spread the coronavirus in the country.
NCDC Head, Risk Communication Yahya Disu stated this during a webinar hosted by the Plan International Nigeria’s Country Director, Hussaini Abdu, with the support from the European Union, and  the theme of the session was: “Rethinking Education: Perspective and Challenges of Remote and Alternative Learning in COVID-19 Pandemic”.
Disu explained that the risk perception by the public is still very low and it is because the population structure consists mostly of youths who may have the disease and not have symptoms.
However, Mabel Evwierhoma of the University of Abuja called on government to take a cue from some private higher institutions of learning by investing in blended or mixed learning to surmount Nigeria-19 pandemic.

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CORONAVIRUS FIGHT: Council charges practitioners on ethics, professionalism - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 22, 2020
The Nigerian Press Council, NPC has advised media outfits and journalists across the country to observe the Code of Ethics to enhance professionalism in the reportage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Council’s Acting Executive Secretary, David Adeniken, in an interview with reporters in Abuja, noted that the media, including social media, had been occupied with fake news.
He also lamented that most fake or false news, tend to create a larger than life message, as far as the pandemic is concerned and there is much circulation of misleading information, particularly on social media.
Adeniken noted that the council is trying to partner with the appropriate stakeholders including Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ to plan a way forward for the industry.
He also appealed to Nigerians to abide by the rules provided by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 by observing social distancing, washing of hands, hygiene and regular wearing of face masks.
Adeniken added that the council is currently involved in a daily review of Newspapers in an effort to checkmate fake news and misleading information.


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Covid-19 FG Inaugurates Isolation Centres For IDPs in Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 27, 2020
The Federal Government has inaugurated two health facilities and two ambulances to serve as COVID-19 isolation centres for the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in Borno state.
The Deputy Director of Information in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Rhoda Iliya in a statement in Abuja, said the Minister Sadiya Farouq inaugurated the facilities in the state.
She noted that the health centres and ambulances were to serve as isolation and medical centres at the IDP camps to fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Sadiya also commissioned the construction of 10,000 mass housing units in Borno state and reiterated the government’s commitment and determination to ensuring that peace and stability is restored to the North-East Region.
On his part, governor Babagana Zulum who commended the Federal Government for approving the 10,000 mass housing units, said 1,000 units would be built in Ngwom, Mafa local government areaa while 9,000 units would be spread to other parts of the state.


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Coronavirus-Free Zimbabwe Declares National Disaster - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 18, 2020
Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national disaster over coronavirus even as the country is yet to confirm any case.
Mnangagwa has also postponed Independence Daycelebrations scheduled for 18th April and banned all public gatherings of morethan 100 people.
The president told a press briefing at his office inthe capital, Harare, there will be no travel ban, but discouraged travellersfrom countries that have confirmed coronavirus cases from visiting Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair that was totake place in the south-western city of Bulawayo from 21st to 25thApril hasalso been postponed.
The ban will affect church gatherings, weddings andsporting events for 60 days.
He also advised Zimbabweans against travel abroaduntil the pandemic is under control.


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Coronavirus: Health Minister Confirms First Case In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 28, 2020
As coronavirus berthsin Nigeria, the Federal and Lagos State Governments have assured thatthe victim, an Italian is in a stable condition and is being treated andmonitored in a facility in Lagos.
The Minister of HealthOsagie Ehanire and Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Sanwo-Olu gave theseassurances in Abuja and Lagos respectively while briefing the media.
Ehanire said the ministryhas been in contact with the airlines which the victim travelled into thecountry, tracing of all those who had contact with him to quarantine them forpossible infection and ensure their status.
Sanwo-olu on his partsaid the patient is in isolation at a facility in the state where he is beingattended to by professionals.
The governor assuredthat the patient is in stable condition and said no need for Nigerians to panicbut sustain hygiene. Sanwo-Olu said theGovernment under his leadership through the state ministry of health, hasbeen strengthening measures to ensure that any outbreak in Lagos is quicklycontrolled and contained in collaboration with the multi-sectoral CoronavirusPreparedness Group, led by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.


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Coronavirus: Health Minister Ehanire Inspects UATH Isolation Centre - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 5, 2020
Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire, inspected an Isolation Centre under construction at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital UATH Gwagwalada as part of the precautionary measures to prevent importation of coronavirus.
Ehanire in a statement by the Head Media and PublicRelations in the ministry Enefaa Bob- Manuel, said the Federal Government hadadopted the measure in the event that the disease is imported.
Ehanire said there was need for a facility wherediagnosis could be carried out by staff to be trained by Nigeria Centre forDisease Control NCDC and Port Health Services Division of the Ministry.
According to him, the training will equip healthworkers to build their capacity to treat Lassa fever so that patients will notneed to travel as far as Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, in Edo.
In his response, the Chief Medical Director CMD ofUATH, Bissallah Ekele pledged his support to provide necessary facility for thecentre.

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CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN: Kenyan police kill three during protest - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 26, 2020
Kenyan police have killed three people after firing at a crowd that was protesting against the arrest of a motorbike taxi rider for flouting covid-19 restrictions.
A police statement said the first shot killed a 40-year-old man as the motorbike taxi riders in the western Lessos town confronted an officer as he escorted their arrested colleague to a police station.
The protesters attacked the police station and burnt down the house of the commanding officer. More shots were fired at them leading to the death of two more protesters.
The statement added that the Inspector General of Police has ordered the arrest and suspension of the officer who was involved in a shooting incident in Lessos.
On Tuesday, a Kenyan policeman Duncan Ndiema was charged with the murder of 13-year-old Yasin Moyo, who was shot as he stood on a balcony in March watching police enforce a night-time curfew which he pleaded not guilty.
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Coronavirus: Ministers Undergo Thorough Screening Ahead Of FEC Meeting - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 4, 2020
Ministers were screened for coronavirus ahead of theFederal Executive Council meeting by the State House.
Their body temperature was checked as they arrivedat the Presidential Villa for the meeting.
They were also given hand sanitisers to disinfecttheir hands.
The ministers were screened twice.
The first screening took place as they alighted fromtheir cars and entered the main reception to the Villa.
At the entrance to the Executive Council Chambers,another screening took place before they finally entered the venue for thecommencement of proceedings.
Permanent Secretaries and other officials fromMinistries, Departments, and Agencies, who came for the meeting, were alsothoroughly screened.


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Coronavirus: NAFDAC Warns Nigeria Faces Drugs Shortage - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 19, 2020
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration andControl, NAFDAC has cautioned that there is a likely drug shortage in thecountry should the Coronavirus epidemic continues in China.
The Agency’s Chief, Mojisola Adeyeye said India whichNigeria depends on for a greater percentage of its drug imports, has alreadybeen hit by the ravaging effects of the virus.
India buys most of their materials and active ingredientsfrom China while Nigeria imports 70 per cent of its medicines as well as activeand non-active ingredients mostly from the South Asian country.
Nigeria, according to NAFDAC, should be concerned about thedevelopment since the country does not manufacture anything here except water.
Adeyeye, gave the warning during a news briefing in Abuja onthe African Medicine Quality Forum meeting scheduled for February 24 and 28.She also called on Nigerians to desist from cooking food with paracetamol,especially to soften meat.
The Federal Government assured Nigerians, especially thosein Wahun, that it was monitoring their health situation through thenation’s  Ambassador in China.

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Coronavirus: Nigeria Records Over 2,000 Cases In One Day For First Time - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 23, 2021
It’s the first time the NCDC has reported over 2,000 cases in one day since it started tracking infections last February.
Earlier on Saturday, the NCDC had put the figure at 1,483, noting that the data for Lagos, the country’s epicentre for the virus, was not included.
In its update on Saturday, the NCDC said Lagos had recorded 831 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, pushing the daily figure past the 2,000-mark.
An update in the toll figure also saw the number of deaths rise from four to 12.
To date, 118,969 cases have now been confirmed in the nation’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
While 94,877 of those cases have been discharged, 1,497 deaths have been recorded.
Trailing behind the number of new cases was Kaduna, which reported 545 infections.

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Coronavirus: Nigerian Govt Says Madagascar ‘COVID-19 Organics’ Not Effective - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 20, 2020
Madagascar’s Coronavirus herbal concoction is not as potent as claimed to cure the Coronavirus, said Nigeria’s state-run pharmaceutical research institute.
In a reported presented to the Health Ministry on Sunday, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) said safety studies show that Covid-Organics (CVO) do not alter the normal physiology of the animals.
In April, Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina officially launched the CVO — an organic herbal concoction — claiming that it can prevent and cure patients of the novel coronavirus.
Obi Adigwe, NIPRD’s director general, told reporters that Madagascar officials were hiding CVO analysis.
Adigwe said the analysis they presented in the report is more detailed than what they received from Madagascar.


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Coronavirus: Nigerians In Wuhan-China Call On Federal Government For Speedy Evacuation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 4, 2020
Nigerians in DiasporaOrganisation, NiDO, East China Chapter and the Association of Nigerians inWuhan, have called on the Federal Government to immediately evacuate them fromWuhan, China, following the outbreak of the Coronavirus.
They made the call in anissued joint statement by the President, NiDO East China, Elijah Odii, and theAssociation’s Acting President in Wuhan, Okoye Chiamaka in Abuja. The groupsstated that 65 Nigerians, including children, reside in Wuhan, the epi-centreof the 2019 Coronavirus.
The groups, however, refutedthe news circulating in several media and social media platforms that Nigeriansat the epicentre of the epidemic had not indicated interest to be evacuated.
They made it clear thattheir desire for evacuation had been their position since they began engagementswith the Embassy of Nigeria in Beijing.
The groups further statedthat since the epidemic struck and began to spread, Nigerians in China had keptstrengthening community engagement efforts.


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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: Nigeria records 436 new cases, total now 20,244 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 22, 2020
Nigeria has recorded 436 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number now 20,244 in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC through its official Twitter handle said the 436 new confirmed cases were recorded in 19 states with 12 deaths.
It added that Lagos reported the highest number with 169 new cases and Oyo was second with 54 new infections.
Other states includes Plateau with 31 cases; Imo 29; Kaduna recorded 28 cases while Ogun has 23; FCT 18; Enugu 18; Bauchi 17; Bayelsa 14; Rivers 8; Osun and Kano states recorded 6 cases each;  while Edo and , Benue have 5 each; Adamawa 3; Borno 2; while  Abia and Ekiti states recorded 1 cases each.
The Centre also explained that out of the 20,244 confirmed cases, 12, 847 are active while 6,879 persons have been treated and discharged, with 518 deaths from 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.


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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: Nigeria records 594 new cases as total hits 22,614 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 26, 2020
Nigeria has announced 594 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 22,614.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Thursday through its official Twitter handle said the 594 new confirmed cases were from 22 states, with seven deaths.
It explained that Lagos recorded the highest number of cases with 154 new cases while Delta state followed with 106. Others were Ondo with 44 cases; FCT 34; Edo 34; Oyo33 while Kaduna state has 33 cases; Enugu 28; Katsina 25;  Imo-22; Adamawa 15 and Ogun state has 12 cases; Osun 11; Abia 8;  Rivers 6; while Nasarawa, Bauchi and  Niger states have 5 cases each, Kebbi has 4; Ekiti 3 while Plateau and Taraba have one case each.
The Centre pointed out that till date, 22,614 cases had been confirmed, 14,243 cases active, 7,822 treated and discharged, 122,155 samples collected while 549 deaths were recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.


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Coronavirus: President Buhari Says Nigeria Stands By China In This Difficult Moment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 3, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined other world leaders in expressing his support and good wishes to President Xi Jinping and citizens of the People’s Republic of China, as the country battles to overcome the outbreak of coronavirus.
The President’s made his feelingsknown in an issued statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media andPublicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja.
According to the Nigerian leader,China’s efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus have been exemplary,as well as the country’s collaboration with international agencies and othercountries on the matter.
President Buhari noted that Chinahad been exceptionally supportive of Nigeria and Africa, and even more so inrecent years; therefore, it is important to let China know that Nigeria and hercitizens are also standing by them during this outbreak.
China’s National Health Commissionconfirmed an additional two-thousand-one-hundred-and-two new cases of infectionof coronavirus as at January 31, with two-hundred-and-sixty-eightnew severe cases and two-hundred-and-fifty-nine deaths recorded.

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Coronavirus: SGF Says FG On Red Alert - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 6, 2020
The Federal Government has assured citizens of its readinessto fight Coronavirus in case of an outbreak in the country and urgednon-stigmatization of infected persons, should the case arise.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, BossMustapha announced this in Abuja at a one-day enlightenment programme on thespread of Coronavirus and Lassa fever, adding that rumours about the spread ofthe disease should be avoided.
He noted that the government has been informed by theNigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC that they have set up their responsecentres, surveillance and medical personnel have also been put on standby toattend to any emerging issue.
Mustapha, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, GeneralServices Office, Olusegun Adekunle, urged members of staff of the OSGF to takethe precautionary measures seriously to remain safe.
The Head, Response Division in the Nigerian Centre forDisease Control NCDC, Olaolu Aderinola had earlier noted that the virus, whichhas so far spread across 23 countries, is yet to enter Nigeria, urgingNigerians not to stigmatize Chinese residents in the country.

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Coronavirus Spread: WHO Laments Africa’s Cases Surpass 663,000 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 18, 2020
The World Health Organisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are currently over 663,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa.
The UN agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account on Friday, indicating that there are over 663,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent with more than 343,000 recoveries and 14,000 deaths.
It also said South Africa had 324,221 cases and 4,669 deaths, followed by Nigeria with 34,854 confirmed cases and 769 deaths, while Ghana had 26,125 confirmed cases and 139 deaths.
The Regional Office added that Gambia, Seychelles and Eritrea were countries currently with the lowest confirmed cases in the region. It said Gambia had 78 confirmed cases with three deaths, Seychelles had 108 reported cases and zero death, while Eritrea had 251 reported cases with no death.
Meanwhile, the data posted on the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) dashboard was 1,051 cases higher than of WHO.


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Coronavirus: United Nations, European Union Shut Headquarters - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 13, 2020
The European Commission has decidedto require most of its staff to work from home with effect from March 16 dueto the coronavirus.
The President of the EU Executivestated this to employees in a video recording.
The Spokesperson to theSecretary-General Antonio Guterres, Stéphane Dujarric, while briefing UNcorrespondents in New York, said the Secretary has taken the decision to cancelall UN systems-sponsored side events at the headquarters from March 16 untilthe end of April.
He also urges all member states toconsider cancelling all side events for the meetings that they are sponsoring.
Dujarric said Guterres  will becommunicating with member states and staff in a short while to update them onthe preparation measures the UN has undertaken to mitigate the impact of theCOVID-19 outbreak.’
He quoted Secretary-General assaying in a letter to member states that a three-phase response activationsystem to manage and coordinate health emergencies is already in place in theorganisation.


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Coronavirus: Vaccine Studies Offer New Hope As WHO Warns On Africa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 21, 2020
Seven months after COVID-19 was first identified in China and has since killed more than 600,000 people worldwide and battered economies, there is growing alarm over fresh outbreaks of the disease.
Until recently, Africa had remained relatively unscathed by the pandemic compared to other parts of the world.
But the situation has become increasingly worrying, particularly in South Africa, where the death toll passed 5,000 mark and the number of infections reached 350,000 at the weekend.
The WHO’s emergencies chief Michael Ryan told a virtual news conference in Geneva that the situation in South Africa could be seen as “a warning” for what the rest of the continent might have in store.
One trial among more than 1,000 adults in Britain found that a vaccine-induced “strong antibody and T cell immune responses” against the coronavirus.


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Coronavirus: W.H.O Official To Meet With Chinese Government, Health Experts - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 27, 2020
The World Health Organisation, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he will meet with the  Chinese government and health experts supporting the coronavirus response.
Ghebreyesus, who stated this on his tweeter handle, saidthat he is already on his way to Beijing to meet with the government and healthexperts working in that regard.
Meanwhile, the UN health agency said the risk of spreadingthe infection was very high in China, high at the regional level, and moderateat the global level.
China has confirmedone-thousand-nine-hundred-and-seventy-five cases of patients infected with thenew coronavirus, while the death toll from the virus has risen to 56. The virusoriginated from the central Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei in 2019 and hasspread to other Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai.
It has also spread to the United States, Thailand, SouthKorea, Japan, Australia, France and Canada.

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Coronavirus: WAHO Advises Nigerians On Outbreak In China - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 28, 2020
The West African Health Organisation, WAHO has advisedNigerians on the recent outbreak of coronavirus infection in China, so thatthey can protect themselves and the region.
The agency’s Director-General Stanley Okolo, gave the advicein a statement in Abuja.
He said the agency is fully in support of World HealthOrganisation, WHO recommendations to countries regarding active surveillance,early detection, isolation and case management, and contact tracing to preventfurther spread of the outbreak.
First identified by Chinese researchers with the pathogenbehind a mysterious illness that had sickened 59 people in Wuhan, a city of 11million in central China, coronavirus is a group of viruses common amonganimals, but now confirmed that it could also infect humans.
The large family of viruses can cause diseases ranging fromcommon cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, (SARS)
He added that WAHO was coordinating with member States toshare real-time information on the outbreak, enhance communication betweencountries and strengthen countries’ surveillance capacity.

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Coronavirus: WHO Says Dead Bodies Not Infectious - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2020
The World Health Organisation, WHOsays that except in cases of hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola, Marburg andcholera, dead bodies from COVID-19 are generally not infectious.
WHO said this in its interimguidance on ‘Infection Prevention and Control for safe management of a deadbody in the context of COVID-19’.
It added that only the lungs ofpatients with pandemic influenza, if handled improperly during an autopsy,could be infectious.
The World health body saidotherwise, cadavers do not transmit disease. It is a common myth that personswho have died of a communicable disease should be cremated, but this is nottrue. Cremation is a matter of cultural choice and available resources.
WHO added that to date, there was noevidence of persons having become infected from exposure to the bodies ofpersons who died from COVID-19.
It said that people may die ofCOVID-19 in the health care facilities, home or in other locations, adding thatthe safety and well-being of everyone who tends to bodies should be the firstpriority.


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Coronavirus: FA Warns Of ‘Huge’ Impact Of Virus Restrictions On English Football - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 23, 2020
The Football Association has warned new coronavirus restrictions will have a “huge” impact on the game, with clubs facing the bleak prospect of six more months in empty stadiums.
A plan to bring fans back into English sports venues on a socially distanced basis from October 1 has been scrapped because of fears over rising infection numbers.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the measures announced on Tuesday could stay in place for six months. It is a devastating blow to sporting organisations, many of whom rely heavily on match-day revenue for survival, and there have been calls from governing bodies for emergency funding.

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Corp Members: KDSG Urges Youths To Avoid Violence - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 12, 2022
State’s Acting Governor Hadiza  Balarabe made the call during the closing ceremony of the Batch-B, Stream-2, Orientation Course, held at Government College Kaduna temporary NYSC orientation camp.
According to her, the youths must refuse to serve as tools for war mongers and always focus on what is good for the country and how to build a united and stronger Nigeria. She noted that the major objective of the NYSC was to enhance Nigeria’s unity and development.
The Acting Governor, while commenting on the orientation programme, said it was to prepare the corps members and equip them to perform well in their places of primary assignments.
She however lauded commended the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC for providing lifelong skills including entrepreneurial education to the corps members. Hadiza also encouraged them to continue to seek educational opportunities so that they can be better placed to grapple with the upheavals tossed up by modernism.
Earlier, the state NYSC Coordinator Edward Oche advised the corps members to always be security conscious and good ambassadors of the scheme.


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Correctional Centre : Aregbesola Orders Officers To Shoot Dead Any Prison Attackers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 17, 2022
The minister gave this order while inspecting the facility at the Agodi
Custodial Centre, Ibadan.
He said the officer must make it impossible for anyone to penetrate the
facility because it is a red zone.
Aregbesola said any attack on any correctional centre is an attack on the
state and such must never be allowed again.
The minister said any attempt to attack correctional centres should be a
suicide attempt and perpetrators must not be allowed to live to tell the
story.
Aregbesola at a recent Ministerial Press Briefing at the Aso Villa, 4,860
inmates of the Nigerian correctional centres have escaped from those
facilities between 2020 and 2021 alone following successful jailbreaks
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Correctional Centre : Aregbesola Orders Officers To Shoot Dead Any Prison Attackers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 17, 2022
The minister gave this order while inspecting the facility at the Agodi Custodial Centre, Ibadan.
He said the officer must make it impossible for anyone to penetrate the facility because it is a red zone.
Aregbesola said any attack on any correctional centre is an attack on the state and such must never be allowed again.
The minister said any attempt to attack correctional centres should be a suicide attempt and perpetrators must not be allowed to live to tell the story.
Aregbesola at a recent Ministerial Press Briefing at the Aso Villa, 4,860 inmates of the Nigerian correctional centres have escaped from those facilities between 2020 and 2021 alone following successful jailbreaks in Benin, Owerri, and Oyo, among others.


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Correctional Centres: Federal Government Sets Target On De-Congestion - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 24, 2019
The Federal Government has restated its commitment todecongesting all the Correctional Centres across the country.
The Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola announced this atthe Joint Public Hearing on the 2020 Federal Government Budget, organised bythe Appropriation Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Aregbesola said the purpose of setting up such centres bythe federal government was to rehabilitate, reform and reintegrate inmates intothe society.
Director Press and Public Relations, of the Ministry ofInterior, Mohammed Manga, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
According to him, the De-congestion Committee set up by thefederal government is working with the Attorney-General of the Federation,State Governments, the Judiciary and other relevant stakeholders in the Justicesector.
On his part, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan said thetwo-day joint hearing on the 2020 Appropriation was to get public views andinputs before the passage of the budget in December.

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Corruption: AGF Office Says Previous Acquittal Can’t Stop Saraki From Fresh Trial - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 2, 2019
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federationhas validated the move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and anyother law enforcement agency to investigate the Senate President, BukolaSaraki, for alleged corrupt activities.
Responding to the fundamental right enforcement suitfiled by Saraki to stop his probe by the EFCC, the AGF office said theacquittal of the Senate President in previous criminal cases, including the oneinstituted against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, could not stop him frombeing charged with another offence.
Saraki had contended in the suit before JusticeTaiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, that the interim seizure of hishouses by the EFCC, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, was a violationof his rights.He maintained that the investigation was on thesame subject for which he had been previously tried and exonerated.


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Corruption Allegations: 12 EFCC Directors Suspended - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 15, 2020
About 12 directors and top staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been suspended with immediate effect.
The notice of suspension was communicated to the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mohammed Umar, on Tuesday night by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation.
The action was said to be in connection with the ongoing investigation of the suspended Acting Chairman of the agency, Ibrahim Magu.
But there is anxiety in the commission on the suspension with some of those affected claiming that they were not directly involved in Magu’s administration.


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Corruption: Bureau Calls For Inter-Agency Collaboration To Combat Menace - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2019
TheChairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, Isa Mohammed said inter-agencycollaboration is an essential ingredient needed in effectively combatingcorruption and terrorist financing in the country.
Mohammed,represented by Murtala Kankia, made the call in Abuja at a round-table among topmanagement staff of the CCB.
He noted thatsuch collaboration would complement Federal Government’s efforts at checkingcorrupt practices.
Themeeting, organised by the European Union for board members of the bureau, wasaimed at reviewing and updating its activities for the benefits of the civilservants.
Thechairman had said that it was important for political appointees as well aspublic officers to see the need to declare their assets as part of methods offighting corruption.
He hadnoted that such act would make public officers to be cautious in theirdealings, and responsible to the public and government for development.

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Corruption Charges: Sudan’s Bashir In Court For Trial - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 19, 2019
Sudan’s deposed military leader Omar al-Bashir has arrivedin court today in Khartoum for the start of his trial on corruption charges.
Bashir was forced from power on April 11th, after months ofprotest against his regime and appeared before a prosecutor for the first timeon June 16th. He was informed by the prosecutor’s office that he faced chargesof possessing foreign currency, corruption and receiving gifts illegally.
In April, Sudan’s Army Ruler, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhansaid more than one hundred and one million dollars’ worth of cash in threecurrencies had been seized from Bashir’s residence.
In May, the Prosecutor General also said Bashir had beencharged over killings during the anti-regime protests which eventually led tohis ouster.


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Corruption: Court Denies Jailed Ex-Governor Bail - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 23, 2019
ALagos High Court has dismissed an application for bail filed by convictedformer Abia Governor Orji Kalu pending the outcome of his appeal against his verdict.
JusticeMohammed Idris held that there is no solid ground for granting the application.He discountenanced the grounds of ill-health raised by Kalu, saying that he didnot prove that the diseases he mentioned were contagious.
Onthe grounds that the bail would enable Kalu to represent his constituency inthe Senate, the judge held that his constituents knew that he is on trial andstill voted him into power.
Arguinga bail application of Jones Udeogo, charged, convicted and jailed along withKalu, his counsel, S. E. Elema, SAN, urged the court to grant him bail ongrounds of ill-health. He said that Udeogo, the Commissioner of Finance in Abiaduring Kalu’s tenure as the governor, had tuberculosis and cancer.
TheEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Counsel Adebisi Adeniyi,however, opposed the application. The case until January 17 for ruling on the bailapplication.

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Corruption: Court Fixes Oct. 3, For Arraignment Of Alison-Madueke - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 22, 2019
An FCT High Court, Apo on Wednesdayfixed Oct. 3, for the arraignment of former Minister of Petroleum DezianiAlison-Madueke, on five counts bordering on conspiracy and illegal act ofaccepting and giving gratifications.
The court granted the Economic andFinancial Crimes Commission leave to arraign Alison-Madueke, former Chairman ofAtlantic Energy Drilling Company, Olajide Omokore, on five counts on February25.
The date was fixed following theabsence of Justice Valentine Ashi, trial judge who was on another officialengagement.
Counsel to the EFCC, FarukAbdullahi, had told the court on February 25 that the arraignment would nothold as Alison-Madueke and her co-accused were not in court.
He said the absence of the seconddefendant, (Omokore) was linked to the commission’s inability to serve him withthe court’s processes.
The prosecutor, therefore, prayedthe court for further adjournment to enable the team tidy up its house.Alison-Madueke and Omokore, are billed to bearraigned on five-count charge bordering on conspiracy and illegal acts ofaccepting and giving bribe.


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Corruption: FG Committed To Halting Menace - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 11, 2019
The Federal Government has restated itscommitment to stop the menace of corruption by strengthening institutions toblock leakages.
This is according to Secretary to theGovernment of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who spoke to a gathering in Abujaon the heels of the African Anti-corruption day anniversary.
He called on foreign partners to enforcetheir anti-corruption laws to prevent acceptance of Nigeria’s stolen monies andrepatriate all funds stashed in their country’s banks.
Mustapha, called on other countries to diligently enforce their own anti-corruption laundering law to prevent acceptance of Nigeria’s stolen monies and asset into their economies.


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Corruption Fight: Corps Marshal Says 172 FRSC Personnel Under Probe - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 22, 2019
About 172 Federal Road Safety Corpspersonnel have been arrested and are under investigation for corruption.
The Commission’s Corps, MarshalBoboye Oyeyemi who announced this in Abuja,  explained that 70 erringofficers were arrested in two tactical moves through internal regulatorymechanisms, another 71 operatives were also nabbed while 31 others wereapprehended by other security agencies and were being tried for variousinfractions.
Oyeyemi stated that the FRSC hadlaunched a joint special surveillance operation in partnership with theIndependent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC andthe Department of State Services to target bad eggs in the service.
The Corps Marshal said hisadministration was resolute in its commitment to sustain the clampdown oncorrupt officers by identifying and ridding the corps of bad eggs to serve asdeterrence to others.

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Corruption Fight: Nigeria, Ghana Reps Say West Africa Needs Political Will To Tackle Scourge - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 10, 2019
The representatives of Nigeria and Ghana to the ECOWASParliament say that West Africa sub-regions need the political will to fightagainst corruption.
They stated this in separate interviews at the end ofthe Joint Committee Delocalised meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament atOuagadougou.
A member of the House of Representatives fromNigeria, Sadiq Ibrahim said that Nigeria needed to be committed in the fightagainst corruption and look beyond sentiments in dealing with crime cases.
According to Ibrahim, Nigerians always associate thefight against corruption to discrimination against certain tribes, religions orpolitical parties, which is not supposed to be so.
On his part, a Member of Parliament from Ghana MahamaAyariga said that the most important tool to fight corruption was the politicalwill by those in power and the citizens. He said that the parliament needed toassist the right institutions to fight corruption and make them independent andfree from political manipulation from those in authority.


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Corruption Fight: Presidential Panel, CCB Partner Against Scourge - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 10, 2019
The SpecialPresidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property said it ispartnering Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB for more effective war againstcorruption.
A statement by Head,Media and Communication, Lucie-Ann Laha said that the partnership was struckwhen Chairman of the Panel Okoi Obono-Obla visited CCB Chairman Mohammed Isah.
It said thatObono-Obla acknowledged the position of CCB as the oldest anti-corruptionagency in Nigeria, and commended the Bureau for its bold efforts towardachieving its mandate.
The statement addedthat the panel chairman debunked the notion that the body was a duplication ofthe CCB’s duties.
Isah, on his part,commended the panel chairman for extending a hand of friendship to CCB.


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Corruption: ICPC, Police Collaborate On Fight - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 9, 2019
The Independent Corrupt Practices andOther Related Offences, ICPC sought collaboration of the Nigerian Police totackle corruption in the force.
The ICPC Chairman Bolaji Owasanoyemade the call when he led a management team of the commission to theInspector-General of Police Muhammed Adamu in Abuja.
Anti-graft agency SpokespersonRasheedat Okoduwa who made this known in a statement cited the recent stingoperation between the ICPC and the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC that led tothe arrest of some marshals involved in extortion of motorists.
He stressed the importance ofcollaboration among law enforcement agencies to stem the tide of corruption inthe country, saying that if replicated on deviant policemen, it would helpcorrect some of the public perception of corruption in the Police.
On his part, the Police Boss assuredthe commission of continued support to enhance its functions. He said no agencyhas all the resources needed to carry out its assignments, hence the need forthe collaboration and support.

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Corruption In Education Sector Is Stealing Country’s Future – ICPC Boss - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 5, 2022
Owasanoye stated this in Abuja at the annual ceremony of the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector with the Theme: Corruption and the Education Sector.
The event was organised by ICPC in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB aimed at highlighting corruption issues bedeviling the Education Sector and providing solutions to tackle the menace.
President Muhammadu Buhari who declared the summit open also presented a Public Service Integrity Award on Daniel Amah, a Superintendent of Police for displaying exceptional courage and integrity in the discharge of his duties.

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Corruption Increasing In Nigeria Than Other African Countries – JEGA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 10, 2019
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega has advised African countries to restrategise their approaches in the fight against corruption.
Jega gave the advice while reviewing a book titled:“Curbing Electoral Spending” launched by the Economic and Financial CrimeCommission EFCC in Abuja to mark the 2019 International Anti-Corruption Dayorganised by the commission in collaboration with Nigeria Shippers Council,Maritime and Transport Stakeholders.
He commended the EFCC for its successes as well as otheranti-corruption agencies for their contributions to tackling the crime inNigeria.
On his part, the Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committeeagainst Corruption, Sadiq Radda said fighting corruption required politicalwill and determination of the leaders. He noted that President Buhari-ledadministration had made remarkable success in the fight so far.

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Corruption: INEC Dismisses Allegations In Zamfara - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission INECin Zamfara state has advised aggrieved politicians to seek redress at theElection Petition Tribunals.
The call was made by the commission’s Head of VoterEducation and Publicity, Garba Galadima in a statement in Gusau.
The coalition of nine political parties on Thursday accusedthe commission of working in for the ruling All Progressives Congress APC inthe February 23, presidential and national assembly elections inthe state.
The coalition also called for the immediate removalof the Resident Electoral Commissioner REC in the state and all heads ofsecurity agencies before the Governorship and State Assembly elections nextweek.
Spokesman of the group and governorship candidate ofthe All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, Sani Shinkafi, had said at a newsconference that the coalition lost confidence in INEC officials and thesecurity agencies in the state.


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Corruption: Kyari Says NNPC To Partner EFCC To Fight Scourge In Its Operations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 9, 2019
Thenew Group Managing Director, GMD Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPCMele Kyari says the corporation will partner with the Economic and FinancialCrimes Commission, EFCC to fight corruption in its operations.
Kyarisaid this in his address at the Valedictory Session held for the outgoingGMD,  Maikanti Baru in Abuja.
Kyariis the 19th GMD to steer the affairs of the corporation since inception. Hesaid that his team would be transparent and would not work to make deliberatemistakes.
Kyariadded that he would not allow his personal interest to influence his decisionsand urged his family members not to accept any gift from anyone. He pledged towork with various stakeholders in the sector to sustain Baru’s Legacy.
Whilecommending Baru on his efforts, he assured him that he would continue fromwhere he stopped and would deliver on the areas of oil and gas production.


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Corruption: Magu Says Religion, Key To Winning Fight - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 25, 2019
The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial CrimesCommission, EFCC Ibrahim Magu has identified religion as key in the fightagainst corruption in Nigeria.
Magu made this known while receiving a delegation fromthe Interfaith Mediation Centre Kaduna, at the Zonal Office of the commissionon a courtesy visit.
The Commission’s Spokesman, Tony Orilade, in a statementin Abuja, said Magu was represented by the Kaduna Zonal Head Mailafia Yakubu.He noted that every religion abhors corruption and called on religious leadersto urge their followers to shun corrupt practices.
Magu further gave assurance of the commission’scommitment to partner religious bodies in the fight against corruption.
The delegation, which was led by the Co-ExecutiveDirectors of the Centre, Imam Mohammad Nurayn and Pastor James Wuyep, commendedthe EFCC’s efforts in the fight against corruption.
The Interfaith Mediation Centre is a faith-basednon-governmental organisation, established in May 1995 with the aim ofachieving peaceful coexistence and to promote good governance.


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Corruption: Millions Of Nigerians Suffering – Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 11, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that corruptionwas the major factor responsible for the suffering of millions of Nigerians.
The president added that corruption at all levelswas the biggest problem impeding Nigeria’s economic growth and development.
The president made the remark at the 49th AnnualAccountant Conference organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofNigeria ICAN in Abuja.
Corruption he said is the major reason why millionsof the people are in hardship, sick and helpless.
He said that it prevents good governance andencourage misappropriation of public funds, stiffens innovation, infrastructuredevelopment and investments.
Represented by the Secretary to the Government ofthe Federation, Boss Mustapha, the president said: “Our fight againstcorruption is in reality a struggle for nation building and the future”.

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Corruption: NEITI To Partner With EFCC To Fight Scourge - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 21, 2019
TheNigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI says it will signa Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Economic and Financial CrimesCommission, EFCC to reinforce effort in the fight against corruption in thecountry.
NEITI’sDirector, Communications and Advocacy Orji Ogbonnaya Orji announced this in astatement in Abuja.
Itsaid agreement on signing of the MoU was part of the outcome of the meetingbetween the Executive Secretary of NEITI, Waziri Adio and the Acting Chairmanof the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu with top management team of the two agencies.
Itsaid that the agreement would strengthen the partnership and cooperationbetween the two agencies in the fight against corruption. It added that NEITIand the EFCC will deal with such crimes expeditiously, through information andintelligence sharing as well as human-capacity mobilisation.
In his remarks, Magu described NEITI and the EFCC as key partners in progress. He said that the time to strengthen the partnership between the two agencies had become very urgent. He also described the extractive industries as not only the main source of revenues to the economy, but also source of corruption and financial crimes.

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Corruption: Osinbajo, ICPC Boss, Task Stakeholders On Holistic War - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 12, 2019
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged stakeholdersincluding government, parliamentarians and non-state actors to be moreeffective and adopt holistic, strategic and coordinated approach in the fightagainst corruption.
Osinbajo made the call at the 2019 African UnionAnti-corruption Day organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and OtherRelated Offences Commission, ICPC in Abuja.
The Day commemorated on July 11 annually, is an Africaobservance event to raise awareness in the fight against corruption, with thetheme “Towards a Common African position on Asset Recovery”.
Osinbajo said that the third AU round-table high leveldiscussion would continue to pave way for the needed opportunity for crossfertilization of ideas, knowledge exchange and sharing of best practices incheckmating the challenges militating against good governance.
On his part,  ICPCChairman Bolaji Owasanoye said that the anti-corruption day was intended toenable all 55-AU countries raise more awareness on corruption and propagate thesupportive things people can do to fight it.“l


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Corruption: PACAC Tasks Nigerians On Fight Against Menace - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 7, 2019
The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption PACAC has called on the Nigerians to join hands in the fight against corruption for the development of the country.
Executive Secretary of the committee Sadiq Radda, made the call at a public education/citizen enlightenment exercise on Tuesday in Gombe, tittled “Value Re-Orientation and the Fight Against Corruption”.
He said that the fight against corruption was not only the business of government, but all and sundry.
According to him, 60 per cent of the nation’s resources is being allocated to States and Local Governments.
He added that from June 2019, Sates and Local Governments would no longer share joint accounts as the third time tier would receive their funds directly from the Federation Account.
In her remarks, Acting Director, National Orientation Agency NOA Adaline Patari, assured that the agency would take the anti-corruption campaign down to the grassroots.